Here is the ATSB log entry: http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2016/aair/ao-2016-015/ With map.
At the time when Mark made the offer to REX only ozFlarm/miniOz was available - not TSO'd; most likely the reason why REX et al "didn't take them on board". Now it falls back to someone to lobby Power Flarm. Should the GFA's airspace delegates be part of that? And for the near miss: Glider: Would be nice to know what frequency the glider had dialed in. Was the pilot monitoring the area frequency / local CTAF? Dual watch radio? (if not, why not?) SAAB: Not really best practice but: there are some pilots that reckon a radio call is all that is required to maintain safe separation.(good reason to monitor CTAF / AERA when flying a glider). Operating IFR in class G and E. Not looking out in VFR conditions: not a good idea?! What was each SAAB pilot doing? Was one updating Twitter/Facebook instead of keeping a lookout? Did the glider appear just like that famous mountain goat in the clouds? There is too much ambiguity in regards to what the current belief is in regards to radio procedures for recreational flyers - that includes gliders. There is a big problem with aircraft operating IFR in Class G (and operating in Class E without transponder). Would be nice to get all this sorted out without further endangerment to life. The glider will most likely have a IGC trace; will we be able to look at the glider and SAAB trace? Lucky for everyone: no one got hurt. Lucky for us: the outcome of this investigation should be open to the public. We could learn from this.. On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 8:01 AM, Richard Frawley <[email protected]> wrote: > a good reason for all gliders operating close to RPT airports to have ADSB > feed into the flarm display. > > This is low cost insurance to avoid perhaps less than accurate and > somewhat potentially over amplified reporting if nothing else. > > ADSB traffic due to its much higher transmission power can be readily seen > from >50km away. > > I agree with Mark, all REX and other RPT aircraft operating from ‘country > airstrips’ should be fitted with Powerflarm. I suspect, there are now very > few cross country gliders now that are not fitted with Flarm. > > At least if we take the steps to be able to see them, we can been seen as > proactive in that regard, which could force REX to also take action as Mark > suggests. > > > > On 1 Mar 2016, at 7:31 AM, Christopher McDonnell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/rex-saab-340-in-near-miss-with-glider-422487/ > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > >
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